Chapter 274 Ice Cream
"Hello, nice to meet you~"
Looking at Ruoli who was looking at him with her hands on her hips, Gui finally raised one hand and tried to greet her.
"Not good, not good at all."
Ruoli muttered softly.
"Without horns and tails, how can it be good-looking..."
Then she walked towards the Hall of the Dead while muttering to herself.
"Eh?"
Gui finally realized that this cute little guy didn't seem to like him, so he could only look at Zhongli innocently.
As for Liu Bai, he was almost thrown into the street after being pushed away by Ruoli's tail. He steadied himself and ran back on the roof.
"Don't run on the roof."
Just when Liu Bai rushed back to continue watching Zhongli, Guizhong and the others, Nashida's voice came from inside the house, and she came out of the house having washed the dishes.
"Hello... um, excuse me, please wait a moment."
Nashida saw Zhongli and Guizhong, waved and greeted them, then flew to the roof and pulled down Liu Bai who was "peeking" on the roof.
"Don't climb onto the roof next time. It's not good if you step on it and damage it. Got it?"
After pulling Liu Bai down, Nashida taught him a lesson.
"I understand..."
Liu Bai had no choice but to nod obediently.
He didn't remember how he got there, but he felt a pain in his ear.
"Oh, so that's how it is. It turns out to be a friend from Xumi..."
"Hello, are you the current Buyer? Nice to meet you, I am Hagentus~"
Gui Zhong learned about Nashida's identity after asking Zhongli, and approached her enthusiastically to greet her.
Since the Demon War has ended, the demons that can still appear in the Morax territory must be friendly beings.
The demons usually call each other by their names, so compared to the introduction to Liu Bai, she gave her own name this time.
"Haagen Dazs? You are the devil of ice cream!"
Liu Bai's eyes lit up and he leaned his head forward and spoke.
"Pfft... I'm the Demon of Dust, and what is ice cream?"
Liu Bai's words made Gui Zhong couldn't help but chuckle with his sleeve covering his mouth, and then he couldn't help but ask curiously.
There was no such thing as ice cream thousands of years ago. Although one of their allies was a kitchen god, ice cream was obviously not within his business scope.
"It's ice cream, a very famous brand called Haagen-Dazs...Girl, show it to her and Brother Zhongli."
Liu Bai couldn't help but ask Nashida for help.
"Ok."
Nashida responded, then used Dream Manifestation to create four ice cream bars that she had tasted in Winter Solstice.
For her, it is very easy to replicate the food she has tasted. After all, compared with sophisticated instruments, it does not need to worry about deviations in appearance. So all Nashida has to do is provide elemental power, without even having to use her brain.
Then Nashida waved her hand gently, and the other three ice creams flew to Liu Bai, Zhongli and Gui Zhong respectively.
Gui Zhong saw Liu Bai and Zhong Li both reached out and grabbed the wooden stick on the popsicle, so she followed suit.
"This is a frozen dessert made with water, milk, sugar and other ingredients. Nowadays, the people of Liyue love this kind of food during the hot summer."
"What's interesting is that in the winter when it's always snowy and icy, this kind of ice cream has been around for a long time, almost as long as the heating technology in the winter."
"And the Haagen-Dazs he mentioned might be a brand of ice cream from Dongzhi. He lived in Dongzhi for a while before."
Zhongli explained to Guizhong who took the ice cream.
"So that's how it is, a low-temperature dessert..."
Guizhong nodded his head, looked at Liu Bai who was already licking the ice cream, and understood how to eat it.
She stuck out her tongue and licked it, and the cool and rich milky aroma immediately filled her mouth.
As a demon, such a small change in temperature should not matter to her, but she did feel that it tasted very good.
"Girl, give me a layer of chocolate shell..."
Liu Bai licked the ice cream and felt that something was missing, so he immediately whispered to Nashida.
Nashida had no choice but to raise her hand, and the next moment a layer of chocolate was wrapped on Liu Bai's ice cream, and Liu Bai began to bite it with satisfaction.
Soon, Liu Bai was the first to finish the ice cream in his hand, and then his eyes stayed on Gui Zhongsheng.
"?"
Gui finally noticed Liu Bai's gaze, and continued to lick the ice cream with his tongue in some confusion.
Although she saw Liu Bai finish the ice cream by biting it, she felt that it might not be suitable for her, and she also wanted to savor it slowly.
"Don't look at it. It's time to go back to bed. It's very late."
Nashida also noticed Liu Bai's gaze, and pulled his hand, urging him somewhat dissatisfiedly.
"I'll take her back to rest first. See you tomorrow."
Then Nashida pulled Liu Bai and walked into the house.
Liu Bai was being pulled away, but he kept looking back at Gui Zhong, unwilling to move his eyes away. He opened his mouth as if saying something but no sound came out. Finally, he held on to the door frame with one hand to avoid being pulled into the house by Nashida.
until……
"Drip it up, drip it up..."
"It dripped on you! I knew it, your sleeves would easily get food stuck on them!"
Until the ice cream melted and dripped a drop onto Gui Zhong's wide white sleeves, Liu Bai, who had been waiting for a long time, spoke happily, and then turned around and pulled Nashida back into the house.
"..."
Gui finally took a look at the ice cream dripping on his sleeves, and after being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Then she changed her hand to hold the ice cream, and gently shook her sleeve with the other hand. The drop of ice cream was easily shaken off as if it had been dropped on a completely hydrophobic material.
"Morax, can you accompany me to the current Guiliji?"
After Liu Bai and Nashida returned to the house, Gui Zhong continued to lick the ice cream and asked Zhongli.
Seeing Zhongli licking the ice cream, her eyebrows curved into crescent shapes for some reason, perhaps because she found this scene very interesting.
"Sure...but if there are outsiders here, please call me Zhongli."
Zhongli nodded, and then did not forget to remind Guizhong.
"Okay~"
In the end, Gui finally agreed happily.
Then the two of them took off into the sky under the cover of night and walked among the clouds towards Guiliyuan.
And on the streets of Liyue Harbor.
Keqing and Ganyu are still on their way home.
"Ganyu, do you care about Mr. Zhongli?"
After being silent for a long time, Keqing finally couldn't help but ask Ganyu.
"Eh?!"
Ganyu was startled when she heard Keqing's words, and put her hands on her chest, looking a little panicked.
Could it be that the Emperor's identity was exposed because of me...
Ugh...I shouldn't have been so obsessed as to attend the party tonight...
Ganyu let out a cry of grief in her heart.
However, in Keqing's eyes, her reaction was no different from shyness.
Since the last time she formed an alliance with Ganyu to fight against Liu Bai, her relationship with Ganyu has improved a lot. It is no longer strained because of Keqing's previous disrespect to the gods, so she also cares about Ganyu's situation.
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